American Standard Version (ASV):
O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
King James Version (KJV):
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
King James Version (KJV):
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
King James Version (KJV):
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass.
King James Version (KJV):
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
King James Version (KJV):
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
King James Version (KJV):
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
American Standard Version (ASV):
I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?
King James Version (KJV):
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, [and] thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when [shall it] once [be]?
American Standard Version (ASV):
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
King James Version (KJV):
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
American Standard Version (ASV):
This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
King James Version (KJV):
This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.
King James Version (KJV):
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.